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In Kazakhstan, it is proposed to introduce duties on the export of grain and oilseeds

Kazakhstan
Published Nov 25, 2021

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In Kazakhstan, it is proposed to establish temporary export duties on the export of grain and oilseeds from the country, and the income received to be used to stimulate domestic agricultural producers. This proposal is contained in a parliamentary inquiry sent to the head of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan from the Ak Zhol faction, according to the party's website.

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As the deputies recalled, currently in Kazakhstan there is a quotas for the export of grain and oilseeds. As an example, the deputies cite Russia, where instead of quotas, a duty was introduced on the export of sunflower and rapeseed, which "provides equal access to exports, and also curbs inflation in the domestic market, reduces its import dependence and protects the national currency." The other side of the processing of grains and oilseeds, according to the authors of the request, is a high yield of bran and meal, which serve as the basis for high-calorie feed. “Everyone knows the disastrous situation in the current year with a massive loss of livestock and the dispatch of wagons with hay to arid regions. So, if the specified volumes of raw materials were processed in their own country, the cattle breeders of Kazakhstan ...
Source: Zol
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